Kilimanjaro weeps. Global warming is responsible, at least in part, for the melting of the snows of Kilimanjaro, the shrinking of the Alpine and Peruvian glaciers, the 1995 collapse of Larsen Ice Shelf B in the Antarctic and the rapid decline of Lake Chad. [News Source]

We’re ready for next step to improve valley air. The San Joaquin Valley's severe air-quality problems present an opportunity for the valley to shine. [News Source]

Lot of hot air on pollution. Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam- kuen claims that the air quality in Hong Kong is getting better. He must know something the rest of us don't. [News Source]

Kilimanjaro weeps. Even the most zealous of global warming skeptics will admit the modern scientific method requires rigorous, exacting methods of proof that are literally impossible for the climate scientist to attain — ever. [News Source]

The heat is on. In the story Climate-Change Policy 'In Due Time,' in the July 8 Daily News, provincial Energy Minister Bill Dooks accepts the need to reduce carbon-dioxide pollution. Yet he will not move the province to reduce greenhouse gases until he sees what Ottawa plans to do. [News Source]

Residents raise concerns over Chemung County landfill . Landfill liner leaks, odor problems and the potential impact on archaeological resources were among environmental concerns expressed Monday during a public hearing on plans for the Chemung County landfill. [News Source]

Cost of clearing air may be $2.6B. An ambitious plan to clean up air pollution from Southern California's twin ports over the next five years will cost a minimum of $181 million for the Port of Long Beach, but the total cost may be hgher. [News Source]

Back - Seat Driver: Pollution Watchdog Looks for Ways to Spare the Air (RedNova) By Tony Bizjak, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Jul. 10--Larry Greene, the Sacramento region's air pollution watchdog, checked out the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" the other day. That's the Al Gore documentary on the scientific evidence for global warming. [News Source]

Mine drainage to increase water in Alpine County’s Leviathan Creek.

People hiking or fishing around Leviathan Creek or Bryant Creek in Alpine County in the next few months may notice a lot more water in the creek than usual.

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Back-Seat Driver: Pollution watchdog looks for ways to spare the air (The Sacramento Bee) Larry Greene, the Sacramento region's air pollution watchdog, checked out the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" the other day. [News Source]

Offical says odor under control. One city official believes a measure to lessen an odor that sometimes wafts from Wheeling’s sewage treatment plant has been successful. [News Source]